CS/SB 2796: Animal Cruelty
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal Justice ; Agriculture ; Sebesta ; Aronberg ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell
Animal Cruelty; (THIS BILL COMBINES S2796,CS/S1418) increases certain minimum mandatory fines & periods of incarceration for certain acts of cruelty to animals; provides definition; provides that it is first-degree misdemeanor for person to intentionally drag or fell by tail a bovine animal in organized sports exhibition; provides clarification re techniques or practices that are not prohibited. Amends 828.12,.121.
Effective Date: 07/01/2004
Last Action: 4/30/2004 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 4/30/2004 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/2/2004 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 3/16/2004 | Senate |
• Introduced, referred to Agriculture; Criminal Justice -SJ 00317 |
| 3/19/2004 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/24/04, 3:30 pm, 301-C |
| 3/24/2004 | Senate |
• Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 00401 |
| 3/25/2004 | Senate |
• Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 00401 |
| 4/8/2004 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/13/04, 12:30 pm, 37-S --Temporarily postponed |
| 4/15/2004 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/20/04, 1:15 pm, 37-S |
| 4/20/2004 | Senate |
• CS combines this bill with CS/SB 1418; CS by- Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00699; CS read first time on 04/21/04 -SJ 00712 |
| 4/21/2004 | Senate |
• Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00699 |
| 4/23/2004 | Senate |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00868; Read second time -SJ 00834 |
| 4/24/2004 | Senate |
• Read third time -SJ 00888; CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 00888 |
| 4/26/2004 | House |
• In Messages |
| 4/30/2004 | House |
• Died in Messages |